MOVIE REVIEW: “WAIT” Produced by Oluwaseun Adejumobi
Reviewed by Ajibare Abioye
Hey folks! You’re welcome to the review of Wait, YouTube-released from the platform of Fruit Bearers’ Films on October 4, 2021. It was written by Omolara Jinadu from a story by Foluke Ogbodo, while it was produced by Seun Adejumobi and directed by John Oguntuase. It brings us into the story of David who has suffered from workplace stagnation for a decade and is being pressured to seek promotion through satanic powers.
Wait encourages its viewers to stay with God as they anticipate answers to their prayers. A saying states that it’s always darkest before the dawn and a vision in the film shows how David lost out on his divine breakthrough due to impatience.
Generally speaking, the movie would have profited more from its rich story with better characterization. After an initial stance against Bode in the opening scenes, David makes a sharp U-turn into doubting God for most of the film. He suddenly becomes frustrated, suspicious, unreasonable, impatient and angry, all in the same breath; this happens rather too fast for the little of the movie we’d seen. Similarly, David’s colleague at work, Bode, played by John Oguntuase, is the one sent to lure David into the devil’s trap. It seems like he has a personal stake in David’s choice but Wait does not treat this subplot.
Nonetheless, it was refreshing to see someone counselling a character to seek pastoral insight very early in Wait. The pastor then places emphasis on the need for the woman of the house to be prayerful. I’d like to see more movies that stress the need for prayerful husbands as well. I think the pastor ought to have spoken with David though, and not only to Kemi, David’s wife. It was even from him that Kemi got to know the cookie jar her husband had dipped his hands into, as God had revealed it to him. If the pastor had done this, David might have resisted following the broad way.
The strange thing about David’s eventual promotion for me is that there is no appreciable improvement in his social status before the devil starts getting on his case. With the fervent prayers of righteous men however, he is thankfully able to make it through.
Alright, we’ve come to the end of this review? Have you seen Wait? What did you learn from it? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.
You could watch the movie below:
https://youtu.be/vQp932AuRvk
